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Wednesday, 3 September 2014

Feeling Sorrow For Evil-doings And Sins

LESSON
# 484 FROM HOLY QUR’AN

Feeling
Sorrow For Evil-doings And Sins

Surah NISAAA’ (WOMEN) - Chapter - 4)

Verses
–17 of 176, Section –3/24 (Part – 4)

Forgiveness is only incumbent on Allah toward
those who do evil in ignorance (and) then turn quickly (in repentance) to
Allah; these are they toward whom Allah relenteth. And Allah is ever Knower,
Wise.

Tawbah – literal
meanings of this word are, “to come back, to return, coming back again towards
that place, which was left”. Whenever any person offends, he falls back from
the attendance of Allah Almighty. He should return towards Allah Almighty. In
this condition, he should accept his mistake and promise honestly that he would
not repeat such mistake in future, and he should stand firm upon it. It is
called tawbah. Only using
the word tawbah by tongue repeatedly,
does not have any weight. Repentance will be acceptable at that time, when
someone feels sorrow upon his/her bad acts and accepts with heart that he/she
will never do such improper action again.

Allah Almighty commanded about some big evils and
sins, like fornication/adultery, sodomy and their punishments. Then He told
that He forgives also such crimes, provided that, the sinners turn quickly in
repentance to Allah Almighty, correct their deeds and refrain from committing
this sin again in future; these are the persons, toward whom Allah Almighty
relents. But remember! That Allah Almighty has taken responsibility to forgive and
relent only such people, who committed any sin due to ignorance or with stupidity
and feel shame immediately, when they know about the sin and badness, and they
promise to escape from such wicked deeds in future. Allah Almighty forgives the
mistakes of such people urgently. He knows every thing. His Knowledge is most
spacious. He knows that who has did evil intentionally or unintentionally, and who
repented with purity. His all works are full of wisdom.

Two conditions have been applied upon acceptance
of the repentance:

·The persons, who do evil in ignorance.

·They turn quickly in repentance to Allah.

It has been revealed that the person, who does
evil due to ignorance and as soon as he gets warning, turns quickly toward the
repentance, according to the Law of Allah Almighty, certainly his repentance
will be accepted. And the person, who presumes to disobey the order of Allah
Almighty, do not turn immediately toward repentance after knowing himself
sinful. Moreover, he used to delay in feeling the sorrow for his sins and
remained in rather state, then according to the principle of justice his
mistake is not forgivable. However, Allah Almighty may forgive being Merciful
and Kind enough.

After knowing the glad tiding about acceptance of
the repentance, it is compulsory for us to turn quickly towards Allah Almighty,
whenever any sin occurs from us knowingly or unknowingly. We should also
promise not to repeat it again in future. We should pray from Allah Almighty to
pardon our sins and be entitled of forgiveness. Allah Almighty revealed the
good news that whenever any person walks one step towards Him, His Mercy walks
ten steps towards that person.

Transliterated Holy Qur’an in Roman Script & Translated from Arabic to English by Marmaduke Pickthall, Published by Paak Company, 17-Urdu Bazar, Lahore, Lesson collected from Dars e Qur’an published By Idara Islah wa Tableegh, Lahore (translated
Urdu to English by Muhammad Sharif).